New
York Times: In India, writes Andrew Revkin for the
New York Times, cheap technology is widening the
gender gap—but not the kind related to jobs and salaries.
A combination of rising incomes, availability of ultrasound,
and cultural norms that strongly favor boys over girls has
resulted in a distorted ratio of female to male children in
that country. In 1991 the ratio was 945:1000, in 2001 it was
927:1000, and this year it’s 914:1000. And India is not
the only country where this is occurring—China and
Vietnam are witnessing a similar trend. For more on the
subject, read Diksha Sahni's blog post for the
Wall Street Journal
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